Barcelona, Spain, Dec. 18, 2011 – Barcelona is often a preferred place to go for individuals everywhere and 1000s of students flock in to the country annually for ones educational, cultural and sightseeing opportunities. Erasmus Barcelona is the largest student community while in the city, providing a myriad of services and assistance for anyone going to the country... To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...

An entire raft of legal provisions and global polices as well as targets suggest that the UK, among additional particularly Western nations must move away from their addiction to non-renewable fuels and more towards working with green technology. Over the past several years there has been a boom in the environmentally friendly energies sector, both in terms of electronic and engineering innovations and people and governing bodies willingness to think about them as real options to non-renewable fuels. Today, the UK uses green technologies which range from solar panels to wind turbines and hydroelectricity. The next few paragraphs considers each in turn to explore the contribution they have made to assisting Britain meet its targets... To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...

[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Friday issued a letter [text] to Alabama’s Attorney General Luther Strange [official website], declaring its authority to investigate potential violations of civil rights laws. The letter, authored by Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez [official profile], was in response to a letter the DOJ received from Strange on Wednesday, in which he questioned the legal authority [AP report] the DOJ had to compel enrollment data from Alabama school districts. Citing the duty of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department to investigate potential violations of civil rights laws that “protect educational opportunities for school children” and the complaints the DOJ has received regarding the state’s controversial immigration law [HB 56 text; JURIST news archive], Perez declared that the US Attorney General has “express authority” to investigate and enforce non-discrimination statutes related to education. Perez also challenged Strange’s ability to speak for the schools, writing that it was the DOJ’s understanding “that you do not represent the school districts we have contacted. Please let us know if that understanding is correct, so that we may proceed accordingly.” The correspondence between the DOJ and Strange stems from a letter sent earlier this week [JURIST report] by the former to each school district in the state as a reminder that they must provide equal access to public education for all children, regardless of their immigration status... To continue reading this legal news please click Read full information...

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